Golden Jubilee for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
The article marks 50 years since the department's establishment as an executive branch under a cabinet officer and traces its origins from the Civil War era. It highlights key acts, research milestones, and the growth from a seeds and statistics unit to a broad federal agency with 10,000 staff and multiple regulatory duties.
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Congress
America
Department of Agriculture
Department
Lincoln
Patent Office
Sir Horace Plunkett
Ireland
Northern
Southern
Eastern
Western Laboratory
Food and Drug Administration
Weather Bureau
Western Newspaper Union
North Attleboro Leader Joe Martin Aims for House Speakership
North Attleboro native Joe Martin, 54, Republican minority leader in the House, is a prolific district organizer and potential presidential candidate. The former blacksmith’s son built a political machine, runs a personal office circulars system, and balances Washington duties with time for his 77-year-old mother, baseball, and family.
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Joseph W. Labine
Joe Martin
House of Representatives
William B. Bankhead
Alabama
Joe
Attleboro
Mass
Congress
Massachusetts
Martin
National Committee
Congressional Campaign Committee
North Attleboro
Washington
Peter Declares His Love Anew In John Twenty One
A religious study based on John chapter twenty one emphasizes love as the core of true Christianity. It notes Peter’s threefold affirmation of love, the need for divine guidance in witnessing, and the call to live and die serving Christ with devotion.
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Peter
Christ
J. C. Ryle
Jesus
God
John Wesley
River of Death near Costa Rica ends in comic misfire
Fred Rowan of Pelham New York and his hunting partner Bat travel in Costa Rica to rescue a dog. After a misread alarm they wade through swampy jungle and swim a river where Fred is struck by a gun’s recoil. The danger proves a false alligator, not a predator, as Bat reports the incident with horror.
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Elso
Fred Rowan
Pelham
N. Y
Bat
Fred
Costa Rica
Tiny Pacific islands Palmyra and Jarvis under varied listings
The Pacific isles Jarvis at its equator and Palmyra near 6 N are tiny atolls covering about 1 percent of a square mile. Palmyra is uninhabited. British and American sources dispute ownership while the islands hold coconuts and guano value and strategic air route relevance. Ship Island in Mississippi served as a military post from 1847 and was reconquered by US forces in 1861, with fortifications built in 1862 and later sold in 1933 to an American Legion post.
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Panama Canal Zone
United States
Department
Deep South
Far East
New Orleans
Peoria
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Pacific
Jarvis Island
Palmyra Island
Palmyra
the Statesman
Whitaker
Almanac
Ship Island
Mississippi
Gulf
Joe Graham
The
American Legion
What to Remember Friendship in Dumas Quote
The quote reflects on friendship as a balance of giving and receiving. It suggests lasting bonds arise from forgetting personal repayments and valuing what one gains from a relationship. Often cited as a reflection on generosity and reciprocity in friendship.
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Dumas
Our Will Our Will Determines Not Our In Tellect
Quote attributed to Edmund Waller on the power of choice over intellect, noting a philosophical stance on agency and judgment.
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Edmund Waller
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Agriculture Department
J. K. McCarren
Nebraska
G.O.P
Charles
George W. Kelley
Senators
Boston Red Sox
Roosevelt
Adventurers’ Club
Harold L. Lundquist
D. D
Moody Bite Institute
International Council of Religious Education
Death
Tropics
Lydia Pinkham
Franklin
Headagh
Fugolen
Cole
Oud MS
Doan
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